Fritz Albert Tarp (2 August 1899 – 9 January 1958) was a

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player, who played 44 games for the

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from 1918 to 1934, 26 of these as

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. He was an unused substitute in the Danish team at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

Biography

Born in

Ringsted Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand. It is the seat of a municipality of the same name. Ringsted is situated approximately 60 km from Copenhagen. Tourism and transport Ringsted is one of Denmark's busiest ...

,Haslund profile
Tarp played as a defender for

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clubs

Hellerup IK Hellerup IK or HIK is a Danish sport club from Hellerup. Their football team currently plays in the Danish 2nd Division. HIK consists also of a handball and a tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a si ...

and B 93. He was an elegant dribbler and effective

tackler A tackler was a supervisor in a textile factory responsible for the working of a number of power looms and the weavers who operated them. The title derived from the job, which was to "tackle" any mechanical problems encountered with the looms in ...

, and was one of the greatest personalities of all time in Danish football. At B 93, he played alongside Danish internationals

Svend Jensen Svend Aage Julius Jensen (6 October 1905 - 25 April 1979) was a Danish football (soccer) player, who played 41 games for the Denmark national football team. Born in Copenhagen,

and Henry Nielsen. Tarp made his national team debut in June 1918.Danish national team profile
/ref> He was in the Danish team at the

, but spent the tournament as an unused reserve. He eventually established himself as a starter, and went on to captain the team in 26 games, a Danish record at the time. In September 1932, he broke Michael Rohde's record from 1931, when Tarp became the first Dane to play 41 international games. After his 42nd international game in October 1932, his national team career went on a two-year hiatus, during which

Valdemar Laursen Valdemar Kristian Laursen (30 August 1900, in Frederiksberg – 14 April 1989, in Frederiksberg), known simply as Valdemar Laursen, was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who played 44 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national foo ...

reached his 42nd international as well. Tarp was recalled to the Danish team in September 1934, and he and Valdemar Laursen played the following two games together. Tarp and Laursen ended their international careers in October 1934, having both played a record-setting 44 games for the national team. The record was eventually broken by

Pauli Jørgensen Etvin Carl Pauli Jørgensen (4 December 1905 – 30 October 1993), known simply as Pauli Jørgensen, was a Danish amateur football player and manager. In his position of centre forward, Jørgensen played 297 matches and scored 288 goals for Bol ...

in September 1939. Fritz Tarp died at

Frederiksberg Hospital Frederiksberg Hospital is a medium-sized government-owned general hospital located in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It has 380 beds (2005) and an emergency department. The hospital is a teaching hospital for medical students from Copenhagen Univers ...

on 9 January 1958, having lived in

at his time of death.

References

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